Sr. Software Engineer (Integration Platform Zone)

About Zapier

We're humans who simply think computers should do more work. At Zapier, we’re not just making software—we’re building a platform to help millions of businesses globally scale with automation and AI. Our mission is to make automation work for everyone by delivering products that delight our customers. You’ll collaborate with brilliant people, use the latest tools, and leverage the flexibility of remote work. Your work will directly fuel our customers’ success, and as they grow, so will you.

Job Posted: 8/19/25 Location: Americas Salary: $170.8K - $224.1K Employment Type: FullTime Location Type: Remote

About the Role

Hi there! Zapier’s Integration Platform Zone is the engine that connects Zapier to the outside world. We’re responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving the systems behind the thousands of integrations our customers rely on — and preparing those integrations for a new era of AI-powered automation.

We’re hiring a Sr. Backend Engineer to help us build, expand and fix integrations, with a focus on AI integrations. Also, this team is in charge of the by Zapier tools which are a core component of the Zapier workflow. This team has a close relationship with top stakeholders in the industry to keep up with the new AI apps launched every day. This role offers a unique opportunity to guide a team working on high-visibility, high-impact projects that are fundamental to Zapier's mission of democratizing automation.

Our mission is to make Zapier the best-connected automation platform in the world — especially for AI and enterprise users. The Integration Platform Zone is responsible for:

• Creating and maintaining high-quality integrations across key third-party platforms
• Building infrastructure to support AI-native workflows and smart, composable apps
• Supporting integration health and quality across our catalog, ensuring every automation works as expected
• Powering initiatives like Zapier Copilot, By Zapier apps, new AI integrations, and MCP integrations.

Responsibilities

As a Backend Engineer in the Integration Platform Zone, you’ll:

• Build, expand and maintain integrations
• Contribute to platform-wide initiatives that make integrations easier to build, test, and maintain
• Improve observability and reliability across integration infrastructure at scale
• Build APIs and backend systems that support integration development, health monitoring, and orchestration
• Support the launch of AI-driven features and help integrate LLM-friendly capabilities across the integration layer
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to ship impactful features

We’re a globally distributed team, working together to make Zapier the trusted, go-to partner for business automation. If you’re interested in advancing your career at a fast-growing, profitable, impact-driven company, then read on…

Qualifications

We’re looking for backend engineers who bring:

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend systems in production
• Experience with Typescript or JavaScript and Python (Django preferred) ideally
• Experience building integrations, APIs, SDKs, or development platforms
• Experience building AI tools or consuming AI products as a power user (configuring agents, MPC servers, LLMs, etc.)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Databricks or Datadog
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS) and CI/CD pipelines
• Some familiarity with event-based architectures and tools like Kafka, SQS, or similar
• Some familiarity experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and performance tuning
• You value collaboration, pairing, and async communication in a remote team environment
• You’re customer-focused. Whether internal or external, you care about solving real problems and creating great experiences
• You love learning and are curious about ambiguous or novel problems. You’re comfortable asking questio

Our Commitment to Applicants

• Culture and Values at Zapier
• Zapier Guide to Remote Work
• Zapier Code of Conduct
• Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier